drudis
09-19-2005, 09:26 AM
I know this is an "Events forrum", but wanted everone at GingerMan to know what was going on...
Margaret had a mini-stroke Saturday at dinnertime, and is fine now…
Margaret is 43 years old, and 5'8" 140lbs (good looking :D ) and works out 4 days a week at the gym, and cholesterol is like 150's. So health is good.
Saturday, while at Kohl's, shopping with the kids, she heard a sound in the back of her head, kind'a like your ears popping, but not in the ear, but behind it.
She shook it off, walked to another clothes rack, and then looked at the kids to ask if they like this outfit…
That is when her speech was "not working". She blurted out in gobbldy-gook-mumble. Kids looked at her, and didn’t know what to say. She tried again, and lips sort'a moved, voicebox made noise, but they werent words that came out. Monika was frightened, and Lukas was concerned. Soon, Lukas realized something was wrong, when her left side of her face looked drooped and not muscular moving. He called 911 on his cell phone, and the ambulance came and took her to St Mary's of Livonia. Kids went with sister-in-law and spent the night. Everyone was resting fine.
I was at GingerMan Raceway, instructing for a racing school, and 3 hours from home. The track in in the middle of corn fields, and no cell phone signal. Thus they had to locate me physically. At about 8:00pm, a State Trooper came into the pits, looking for (butchered my name) and big Yellow Truck. OH, that's Darius! He pulled me aside, and told me to "Call Loretta, your sister-in-law, your wife is in the hospital". I got a phone with a signal, and called Loretta, and then got the number to the hospital. Talked to Margaret, and by that time she was able to speak fine. She was well enough (not life-threatening) and I decided to come home. I had to pack up my gear, and put the Mustang on the trailer, and got home by about 12:30am. I saw her, kissed her, talked for 5 minutes, and went home to bed.
Sunday, visited her in the morning, then again after church. She is doing fine, and wishes to go home.
Doctors "think" (or at least "I" think so) it was a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA).
http://my.webmd.com/hw/stroke/hw226609.asp
They did not release her Sunday, as they arent as concerned that she had one (a stroke), but more concerned if/when of the "next one". THAT is why they are holding her over till Monday, and running tests and MRI and doing investigating…
Thanks, for everyone that volunteered assistance, but I don’t really need any at this point. Thank you though. We are managing fine, and Margaret will hopefully come home today.
Margaret had a mini-stroke Saturday at dinnertime, and is fine now…
Margaret is 43 years old, and 5'8" 140lbs (good looking :D ) and works out 4 days a week at the gym, and cholesterol is like 150's. So health is good.
Saturday, while at Kohl's, shopping with the kids, she heard a sound in the back of her head, kind'a like your ears popping, but not in the ear, but behind it.
She shook it off, walked to another clothes rack, and then looked at the kids to ask if they like this outfit…
That is when her speech was "not working". She blurted out in gobbldy-gook-mumble. Kids looked at her, and didn’t know what to say. She tried again, and lips sort'a moved, voicebox made noise, but they werent words that came out. Monika was frightened, and Lukas was concerned. Soon, Lukas realized something was wrong, when her left side of her face looked drooped and not muscular moving. He called 911 on his cell phone, and the ambulance came and took her to St Mary's of Livonia. Kids went with sister-in-law and spent the night. Everyone was resting fine.
I was at GingerMan Raceway, instructing for a racing school, and 3 hours from home. The track in in the middle of corn fields, and no cell phone signal. Thus they had to locate me physically. At about 8:00pm, a State Trooper came into the pits, looking for (butchered my name) and big Yellow Truck. OH, that's Darius! He pulled me aside, and told me to "Call Loretta, your sister-in-law, your wife is in the hospital". I got a phone with a signal, and called Loretta, and then got the number to the hospital. Talked to Margaret, and by that time she was able to speak fine. She was well enough (not life-threatening) and I decided to come home. I had to pack up my gear, and put the Mustang on the trailer, and got home by about 12:30am. I saw her, kissed her, talked for 5 minutes, and went home to bed.
Sunday, visited her in the morning, then again after church. She is doing fine, and wishes to go home.
Doctors "think" (or at least "I" think so) it was a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA).
http://my.webmd.com/hw/stroke/hw226609.asp
They did not release her Sunday, as they arent as concerned that she had one (a stroke), but more concerned if/when of the "next one". THAT is why they are holding her over till Monday, and running tests and MRI and doing investigating…
Thanks, for everyone that volunteered assistance, but I don’t really need any at this point. Thank you though. We are managing fine, and Margaret will hopefully come home today.